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Key issues and questions for charities to consider based on insights from our casework into campaigning and political activity during previous election periods.
How charities can improve their impact on the environment and be energy efficient.
Understand what information you will need to prepare for the Annual Return, and why new questions have been included.
Regulations prescribing the information to be included in charities’ annual returns from 1 January 2025 onwards.
Advice and information on key aspects of the UK’s counter-terrorism legislation and how it may affect charities and their work.
Charity Commission guidance for charities established with a religious purpose.
This guide gives some examples of types of personal benefit.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you contact the Charity Commission as a whistleblower.
This guidance explains what charity trustees need to know when thinking about taking or defending legal action generally.
How trustees, staff and volunteers can protect their charity from abuse by those encouraging extremism, terrorism or illegal activity.
Get help from the ‘Revitalising Trusts’ programme to either close or revitalise your charity.
Guidance on audits and independent examinations under the Companies Act and Charities Act.
Find out how charity service users can help to develop the charity's services by being trustees.
How your charity can deliver public services on behalf of organisations like local authorities, the NHS or government departments.
Regulations prescribing the information to be included in charities’ annual returns from 1 January 2023 onwards.
Guidance for councillors and council officers of a local authority which is a trustee of a charity.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you apply to register a charity with the Charity Commission.
Information on the rules that charities must follow, and how parliamentary candidates can engage with them during an election campaign.
An overview of the legal and good practice issues that charities need to consider when delivering public services.
Privacy policy about how we process your data when you submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) or Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) request.
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